i'm glad i like music

i'm glad i like music. i don't know if that sounds stupid. it probably did to me yesterday. but today, today everything changed. today i  had an encounter with a dude who says he doesn't like music anymore. he's an older dude who overheard me and a coworker going back and forth about bands we like. and as soon as that coworker walked away, he grabbed my attention and said, "y'know josh, i just don't like music that much anymore. i used to. but now i don't." he then went on to explain himself, but it wasn't much of an explanation, just reinforcement of his original statement.

i hope i always like music. i can't imagine not liking it. i can't imagine a day i not only don't listen to music, but also a day where i could possibly listen to music and not enjoy the ever loving everything out of it. i don't wanna try to psychoanalyze here... but if you don't like music, at all, something's gotta be screwy with your soul (or whatever you wanna call that inner part of us you can't explain). or maybe it's extremely mathematical and has nothing to do with a soul. either way, something's wrong somewhere. it just doesn't seem natural to me not to like music.

and that helped me to realize that liking music is good enough. some people want to be scientists about music and get into the innards of it and memorize names and notes and that's all well and good, but you don't need to be a know-it-all to enjoy. don't get me wrong, you can be a know-it-all and enjoy it. if that's your thing, knock yourself out. but it's not necessary. i'm not sure what is necessary actually. i don't think there's anyway to truly explain it. it's like it defines itself. liking music is all you need to be able to do to like music. and up until a certain point today, i just assumed it was easy to do and everyone had it in them. but maybe i assumed wrong, maybe they don't. or maybe they do and they just lose touch with it.

either way, i'm glad i like music.